budapest and the happy communism

hungary was the most reform-minded communist state in eastern europe and so its revolution was the least dramatic. [...] in the 1960s, hungary experimented with free-market reforms, known as "goulash communism". [...] in january 1989 the hungarian parliament voted to allow freedom of association and assembly, a move which legitimised the new political parties that were beginning to form. multi-party elections were scheduled for the following year. (auszug aus bbc news)

die geschichte folgt mir auf den fersen. sie ist überall. ich höre, lese, lerne. stück für stück.